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Chris Coons: “These are the American people's documents. The Presidential Records Act gives us a right to obtain them for a Supreme…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
These are the American people's documents. The Presidential Records Act gives us a right to obtain them for a Supreme Court nomination after the review of the professionals at the National Archives.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons asserts that presidential documents belong to the public and should be accessible.

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